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New C-Suite Executives Tapped to Lead Hospices in 2025

Hospice News

National Alliance for Care at Home Announces New COO National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) recently announced Sherl Brand as its new COO, who will ascend into the role in January. The nonprofit offers hospice, home health, grief support and childrens services.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

Hospice News

As a result of that and because I knew that this is part of my mission, I decided to advocate for representation, to advocate for closing that utilization gap among underserved communities and to advocate for challenging the stigma of care at home. You cant just pick up a model of care and drop it into a different city or region.

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VITAS, Big Bend, Heart to Heart, Family Hospice Unveil New Locations

Hospice News

Its most recent de novo features a wraparound porch and meeting spaces for community events and bereaved families. The locally-owned and operated organization’s services include hospice, bereavement care, medication management and assistance with durable medical equipment. Dozier Hospice House.

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Hospice and Breast Cancer

Traditions Health

Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance plans cover hospice care, but you should check with your insurance provider to make sure. Most people choose to get hospice care at home. However, inpatient hospice facilities, hospitals, and some nursing homes also provide services.

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Hospice Leaders ‘Scratching the Surface’ of Public Awareness Opportunities in 2025

Hospice News

Among the most significant data was a report finding that longer hospice stays have reduced health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. The report was a joint effort from the National Alliance for Care at Home and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

An ethnophenomenological study exploring the choice of place for the death of a child with a non-oncological life limiting or life-threatening condition, used the stories of bereaved parents (Davis et al 2024b). 2021) What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like? DOI:10.1007/s00431-016-2837-0. Malcolm, C.